Process of producing replicas of textile samples



June 8 1926. I 1,588,278

B. F. STENZ n PROCESS OF PRODUCTNG REPLICAS-OF TEXTILE SAMPLES Filedv sept. 22, 1922 Saffi. y y M2. y. i

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Patented June 8,

y Avenger 11rd .September ylo f; producing repliesfiofreifue Samples. that.l is .to say, replicas vof the.v character dis-4 closed in; Letters Patentof; the yUnited States No.,` 1,047,849 dated] December.1117.111912.

rented? ,te Sniple Lith'gtrifph '.Gmpny onan application filed me.' A,In tllat" pat ent fis Idisclosed a textile sample'cardvcomrisingk va l`body portion struck y up y or ein- Efossed, so aste represent samplesgottex'tile material or piece goo'ds, in suchnmanner that the observen gets 'Qtlle l impression: 'that :hef is looking at an lactual, sample of textile" fabric mounted l*upon a card, Tllismeffectisl rpr'ol duced by so forming tllelvstrlickl"upor fembqssed portions, or 'panels-'ther nhywiuhave WellV delined 4ma riginal edgesj and a j'fsuljface shoving' the f We'reifextll'l@ and" rettete Qf the' fabrica .end also" the( `cblori or fioleisbf the fabric; EL L; r The object of' the presentjinvention is fav simple process which can be quicklyfper# formeor, medecins. replflsfl Su'dl textile samples,V and oileflby which an ,accurate Smutienlf el Piesielf 'fehl-iwan beppie;

,Anche 'object' of prhisinventibn die; for the rapid prddu'ction fof. ex'nbbsised cards accurately simulating tll'efveavejand nes'sofa'piece ofltextilefabric.' I'

Furtherobl'efs will appear ffrnithefelf lowing 'specification and drawings'.r` f' vThe' inventionisgillustlated-y in thev 'accom- F'g'. l ,represents'a blankffrom Avv'llicll"the matrix *is produced.` Fig'. 2 shows H pa t be 'produced-i i d "Fig 3 l'shows the pattern shown Fig. i 2 laid upon the surface ofthe blank showin in 4 lsll'ovvsvthe'pattern and the blank sllown'in, Fig.' 1 subjected to pre's'snreSinti ci'e'nttor embed' tlll'e'ltex'tile samples of `tlle pattern in the surface fof, .tl'le' blankfanldl While the blank is being set-or curedff Figi: 5 showstllematrixv yvith'tlle 'recessed embossed'panels'tllusl podu'cedH-l'f" lf'iFi'gfG is'a' blanksimilar to' Fig. 11. 'Fig'r 'TZ/shows a'cros'svsectionof the-blank shown in Fig.-6,"andf"tl1e matrixsllmvnin Fig. 5, theblank being laid upon tllefmatrix 1 Fig. 8y shows'the'.blanlcf and fmatrix" subi jeotedtov pressure,'so that the 'surface of; the blank is forced inftotliet recess of'the'1na'triX`7 and While the blank isbeingset "or-cured 22", ls'zzf 4serial" no1,

after it has been' vslibjec;ted. t pressiiiie'-an`d vulcanized, tlius pr'odllcinga male mold? Fig.; 10 illustrates Ithe mold 'sllo'wn Fig.'

Figfl'l. shows ltlle"irle'tallic'lplating'thlls produced Stripped 'from the'nlelll. Fig; 12 shows' the metallic" plating beeked lip 'Witli lead receive sn'rfa'ceimpressionst`andflvhic tlleref` after` may bef cliredor"iliardenedand for this pui-pose Il pieferabl'y employ fa blank" of subtnlially uniform thickness. f'f

down upenthe smootllf'srface ofthe' blank l, 'as indicated in Fig. *355 lVhen'tlis lesserti# bled the parts; are subjected to pressure between pressure' 'pltes a "and b' Y (:see Fignjv 4)', bym'eans' of- Which' thetextif'l'e samples? '2 lwill therefrom, thus producing thematrixr 4 Lgsee Fig. 5).y Thegmatrix t bythe steps just escribed, will be provided with recessed panels 5, the Walls of which will beof-a .depth substantially equalling the thickness of the textile samples 2, with the bottom surface 6 of. the recesses carrying an embossed replica of the texture, weave-.and pattern of the samples of textile fabric.

A lblank 7 kwhich may be of,v substantially the` same character as the blank 1, or it may be madel of wax, is now laid upon, the

matrix 4 covering the embossedrecessed panels therein, as shown in Fig. ,v and while thus positioned pressure is appliedby thepressure plates a and vb as shown 1n Fig. 8, forcing portions of the blank 7 into the recesses in the matrix 4, as clearly indicated in Fig. 8, and. while thus held, the blank 7 if made of rubber will be vulcanized in the same mannerfas the matrix 4c was vulcanized, .whereupon the parts are removed from betweenthe pressure plates a and .b and separated. The lblank 7 willthus be provided with the struck up panels 8, the edges of which Will be substantially. the thickness of ay `piece of textile fabricand the surfaces carryingan embossed re lica of the texture, weave and pattern of t e samples of textile material. The mold member thus produced as shown in Fig. 9, is by any suitable electro-plating process :provided upon its upper surface with a thin metallic plating 9, :preferabl of copper, as shown in Fig. 10. This p ating 9 is then stripped from the mold member 7, as indicated 1n Fig. 11, and provided with a metallic backing 10 which `may be o'f lead or other suitable metal, as shown in Fig. 12, thus producing an embossing die. This embossing die is then employed in embossing the cardboard 11, as indicated in Fig. 13, by an embossing roller 12' or other suitable pressure means, the product lthus produced comprising'a single integral paper or cardboard sample card, having struck up on one surface thereof embossed replicas of thetextile samples. Y:

It is of course understood that in the matrix shown in Fig. 5, the embossed surfaces are the exact reverse of those shown on the surfaces of the panels of the mold shown in Fig.: 9,.and that the finished die shown applied the threads will not be flattened but retain their rounded shape, andvthus the embossing die will have a substantially true representation of the surface conformation ofthe fabric. Aside from this advantage, the process is extremely simple and capable 'of being carried out in a short space of time, enablingv a finished vsample card to be produced in a much shorter space of time than b any other known process.

It will of course be understood that while I have` shown andy described the invention as employed in producing a sample card having several samples of textile material to bey reproduced, andthe use of a mount upon which the samples of textile material are affixed, the process may be employed `to produce a sample card showing a single replica ofv a sampleA of textile fabric, and that the textile fabricfmay be laid directly upon the surface of the blank shown in Fig. 1l without a mount therefor, and of course the sample to be reproduced may be of any size or shape, not exceeding the surface dimensions of the blank shown in Fig. 1.

The gist` of the resent invention resides in the useof yielding blanks capable of receiving impressionsand of being cured or vulcanized to set them to hold the impres sions, and this material may be of rubber or any similar compound. l

Iclaim:

1. The process of producing embossed re# plicas ofktextile samples. which consists in embedding a sample of textile fab-ric in the surface of an uncured blank of rubber, vulcanizing the said blank, removing the sample of textile fabric, applying to the first blank another blank, subjecting the blanks to pressure thus forcing the ,secondy blank into the recesses` of the vulcanized blank, electro-plating the surface of the second blank, removing the plating from the surface` and supplying a backing for the plating.

2. The method of producing replicas ofa textile sample which comprises embedding a sample of textile fabric in and substantially fiush with the surface of an uncured rubber blank, retaining the sample in .position While the blank is vulcanized, removing the sample, applying another uncured blank to the surface of the vulcanized blank, and subjecting the blanksto pressure to force a portion of the'uncured blank into the recess in the vulcanized blank.

, 3. The method of yproducing replicas of a textile sample which comprises embedding a sample of textile fabric inland substantially flushwith the surface of an uncured rubber blank retaining the sample in position while the blank is vulcanized, removing the sample, applying another uncured blank tothe surface of the vulcanized blank, subjecting the blanks to pressure to force a portion of the uncured blank into the recess in the vulthe second blank into the recess in the vulcanized blank, retaining the tWo blanks in juxtaposition While the second blank is vulcanized, separating the blanks, electroplating that surface of the second blank formerly in Contact With the surface of the blank first vulcanized, and removing the plating lfrom the surface of the ksecond blank.

5. The method of producing replicas of a textile sample which comprises embedding a sample of textile fabric in and substantially flush with the surface of an uncured rubber blank, retaining the sample in position while the blank is vulcanized, removing thev sainple, applying a second uncured blank to the surface of the vulcanized blank, subjecting the blanks to pressure to force a portion of the second blank into the recess in the vulrcanizedvblank, retaining the two blanks in juxtaposition While the second blank is vulcanized, separatino the blanks, electroplating that surface of the second blank formerly in contact with the surface of the blank first vulcanized, removing the plating fromv the surface of the second blank, and filling the under side of the plating with a metallic backing.

6. The method of producing a replica of a textile sample which comprises embedding a sample of textile fabric in and substantially flush with the surface of an uncured rubber blank, retaining the sample in position While the blank is vulcanized, removing the sample, applying a second uncured blank to the surface of the vulcanized blank, subjecting the blanks to pressure to force a portion of the second blank into the recess in the vulcanized blank, retaining the tWo blanks in juxtaposition While the second blank is vulcanized, separating the blanks, electroplating that surface of the second blank formerly in contact with the surface of the blank first vulcanized, stripping the plate from the surface of the second blank, filling the under side of the plate with a metallic backing, applying a sheet of paper to the outer side of the plate and retaining the plate and paper sheet in juxtaposition While subjecting them to pressure.

BERNARD F. STENZ. 

